Meanings
- pluralplural onlyPeople employed in trade; tradesmen and tradeswomen.
Victuallers , Vintners , and Tradesfolk would soon get all the Money of the Kingdom into their own Hands
c. 1724, Jonathan Swift, The Drapier Demolished1 more example
Small trades-folk, male and female shopwalkers, better class artisans, lower middle-class women worn with household cares, occasional young folk in search of a sensation - these were the impressions which the audience conveyed to the trained observation of Malone.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019Synonyms: tradesfolks
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPeople employed in trade; tradesmen and tradeswomen.
Origin
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